CNN poll: Most want focus on making the health care system work

October 19, 2017 News

With the start of open-enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges around the country fast approaching, nearly six in 10 Americans say the Trump administration is doing too little to make sure the nation's health insurance system works the way it should, according a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

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The president’s indecision on health care is costly for middle-earners

October 19, 2017 Approved, News, United States

INSURANCE is supposed to be about the careful management of risk. Recently, for America’s health insurers, it has had a lot to do with keeping track of President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed. On October 12th the White House announced that it would cut off payments to insurers that underpin parts of the ...

The Health 202: Obamacare’s 2018 rates are already baked

October 19, 2017 News

Insurers were never certain they were going to receive the ACA subsidies Trump halted.

Senators to unveil proposed Obamacare fixes despite doubts

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 News

The Obamacare compromise that two senators reached this week has hit some major obstacles. Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat Patty Murray made a deal to maintain Obamacare insurance subsidies and give states more flexibility. But several key Republicans now say they will not support it. Nancy Cordes reports.

Senators make case for a public option

October 19, 2017 News

Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Michael Bennet, D-Co., have introduced a introduced a public option for the Affordable Care Act called Medicare-X, and they join Morning Joe to discuss.
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5 Ways This ACA Open Enrollment Period Will Be Different

October 19, 2017 Capital Journal Daybreak, Health law, News, obamacare

Health analysts fear a general sense of confusion about the Affordable Care Act amid so many fits and starts in Washington to change the 2010 health law.

Despite setbacks, senators continue to pitch bipartisan health care fix

October 19, 2017October 19, 2017 News

A bipartisan deal to stabilize the Obamacare marketplace encountered early stumbling blocks Wednesday, with President Donald Trump reversing his earlier support and the Senate's No. 3 Republican Sen. John Thune announcing to reporters that the bill had "stalled out" in the Senate just 24 hours after it was announced.

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Administration Sends Mixed Signals On State Health Insurance Waivers

October 19, 2017 News

President Trump’s false claim that insurance companies ‘have made a fortune’ from Obamacare

October 19, 2017 News

Health-insurance companies have lost billions of dollars in the Obamacare exchanges, which is why they are fleeing the market.

Fact Check: Have insurance companies profited from Obamacare?

October 19, 2017 News

The president misleadingly correlates insurance company's rising stock prices to profits related to Obamacare, but they are not one in the same.